Red Scarf Girl

Biin

Cultural Changes
BEFORE CHAIRMAN MAO

• All Chinese women had to bind their feet
• People believed in magic
• You were a disgrace if you rebelled against you elders

DURING CHAIRMAN MAO

• Your pants cant be less than 8 inches wide for women and 9 inches wide for men
• Students were encouraged to write da-zi-bao
• Having antiques is considered to have luxuries which creates class

Changes in Society
BEFORE CHAIRMAN MAO

• You weren't thrown in jail for being wealthy
• The poor had to work hard and didn't get anything in return

DURING CHAIRMAN MAO

• Being a landlord or having a wealthy job gave you bad results on your family backround
• The wealthy were considered the "black class"
• The poor got everything the wealthy had to give up

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Jackie

• good life before Chairman Mao: wealthy, smart, family
• after chairman Mao she has to choose between family and communism.
• Family is not really anti-communist but are not very enthusiastic about it.

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Map of china (Top)

Map of Shanghai China (bottom)

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Owen


Connections to animal farm

• Call each other comrade
• Saw only the good things Mao and Stalin did
• Threw out the old leaders for communism
• Persecuted people for supporting the old government and way of life
• Old culture destroyed
• Worked hard on projects that were costly and did little to help the common people